Cherokee Humane Society Annual Membership

Thank
you so much for your support!
I want to share some of your/our accomplishments. We want you to be proud and understand how
hard your membership works!

You helped us save,
alter, adopt and vet over 1,700 animals. This is an amazing number of adoptions considering our small group of
volunteers who conduct adoptions every Saturday and Sunday.

Your love saved 36
puppies from dire circumstances - Over the summer, thirty-six puppies
were rescued from deadly conditions. They had horrible worms and developed
parvo, usually a death sentence to puppies. Humane Society volunteers spent six days and nights and worked around-the-clock
to save them. And, thanks to love, 35
survived, were vaccinated, spayed/neutered and adopted!

You lowered shelter
turn-ins
- Everyday our volunteers receive calls from people wanting to surrender their
animals. When possible, they are
accepted into our foster program. Then tested
for heart worms, treated medically, altered and then adopted to loving homes.

You helped the helpless - We rescued a beautiful
little Bulldog from a local Shelter. She
had egg-sized kidney stones and was unable to pass them. Dr. Howard Ashley, DVM, who serves on our
Board, saved her life by surgically removing the stones and then providing much
needed dental and medical care.

We
can’t forget the Shih-tzu, which we found running loose about to get hit. She had Endometritis so badly she was days
away from dying. Now both have loving homes.

Then
there were the two Great Pyrenees (GP) surrendered by a financially challenged family,
who could not treat or care for them. After ensuring their health, we worked with GP
rescue to place.

You rescued many
from diseases
- There are the hundreds of puppies, multiple dogs and numerous kittens dumped
at our store, or we rescued them from shelters and placed in loving foster
homes until adopted. All are tested and
many treated for diseases like pyorrhea, demodex or sarcoptic mange, scabies, heart
worms, malnutrition, parvo, fleas, ticks, giardia, coccidia, plus parasites like
hooks, whips, rounds and tape worms.

You gave support
to amazing volunteers – Six volunteers recently rushed to Gatlinburg’s
make-shift shelter. They brought
donations and their experienced hands to help many animals survive the
fires.